Saturday our dearolddiehardslowlydyingmoneypitscourgeofarefrigerator broke. Not a big deal....I was only in the middle of preparing food for a party we were hosting that afternoon for about 30 people. Not a big deal.....just take everything out of your fridge and move it to the garage fridge...oh...and move the stuff in the freezer to the big freezer in the basement...and keep making more food for the fridge.

Got all the food moved...and DIY Guy realized he didn't know what was wrong with the fridge this time (like he did 10 months ago). Not a big deal....call the repairman. Nevermind on the repairman - did you know they charge double on weekends? No problem, we can til Monday.

DIY Guy was VERY happy to hear that the 'ole girl (not me!) only needed a $160 part and she'd be good to go!

At one point over the weekend, I thought I heard DIY Guy mumble something like "maybe we should just get a new one" or something crazy like that.

Upon hearing that mumble, I went into refrigerator dream & fantasy mode.

I SO could see this beauty in my kitchen . . .

Or this one . . .

I imagined . . .1. all my kitchen appliances matching!2. a working ice maker3. no more side-by-side insanity4. a freezer that was wider than 9 inches5. no more breakdowns (at least for a few years)

But, alas and alack...she is fixed. And, we have all that money in the bank still.